Social Work Services in Schools

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This comprehensive school social work text discusses major issues confronting education as well as practice directions for the design, delivery, and evaluation of school social work services. This comprehensive school social work text helps students practice directions for the design, delivery, and evaluation of school social work services. This edition also includes more case material and examples to illustrate the concepts being discussed. The Fifth Edition features a broader ecological perspective, with more attention to the effects of federal reforms, poverty, multiculturalism, and prevention efforts. It offers information on recent legislation and litigation, servicing disabled pupils, dealing with violence in the schools, and counseling gay and lesbian youth. Any market that deals in school social work or child welfare services.

Foreword

xiii

Richard P. Barth

Preface

xv

Contributors

xvii

PART ONE Issues in Education and the Development of Social Work Services in Schools

1 Major Issues in American Schools

1

(25)

John W. Sipple

Introduction

1

(1)

Purposes of Public Education

2

(3)

The Social Context of Schooling

5

(1)

The Inexorable Link Between Poverty and School Performance

5

(1)

Schools, Their Students, and Their Communities

8

(1)

School Reform

9

(1)

Structural Reform

9

(1)

Systemic Reform

10

(1)

Market-Based Reforms

12

(1)

Finance

18

(1)

Conclusion

19

(1)

For Study and Discussion

20

(1)

Additional Readings

21

(1)

References

21

(5)

2 School Social Work: Historical Development, Influences, and Practices

26

(34)

Paula Allen-Meares

Introduction

26

(1)

The Establishment of School Social Work

27

(1)

Early Influences

27

(1)

Early Definitions

29

(1)

Expansion in the 1920's

29

(1)

Influence of the Mental Hygiene Movement

30

(1)

Shifting Goals of the 1930's

30

(1)

Emphasis on Social Casework 1940-1960

31

(1)

Changing Goals and Methods in the 1960's

33

(1)

Expansion in the 1970's: The Call for Leadership

35

(1)

1980's—The Interface of Social Work and Education

41

(1)

1990's—Present

42

(2)

Conclusion

44

(11)

For Study and Discussion

55

(1)

Additional Readings

55

(1)

References

56

(4)

PART TWO A Conceptual Framework for Social Work Services in Schools

3 Social Organization and Schools: A General Systems Theory Perspective

60

(21)

Gary L. Bowen

Introduction

60

(1)

A General Systems Theory Perspective

61

(1)

Schools as Goal Oriented

62

(1)

Subsystems

63

(1)

Suprasystems

64

(2)

Social Organization

66

(1)

Schools

68

(1)

Communities

70

(2)

Conclusion

72

(1)

Implications for Social Work Practice in Schools

73

(2)

For Study and Discussion

75

(1)

Additional Readings

76

(1)

References

76

(5)

4 An Ecological Perspective of Social Work Services in Schools

81

(27)

Paula Allen-Meares

Introduction

81

(1)

The Profession of Social Work

82

(1)

Values

82

(1)

Social Work Values

83

(1)

Applications to Social Work in Schools

83

(1)

Purpose

84

(1)

Knowledge

84

(1)

Sanction

85

(1)

Intervention Methods

85

(1)

The Ecological Perspective

86

(1)

Case Illustration

89

(1)

Case Illustration

90

(1)

Case Illustration

92

(1)

Risk and Resiliency

93

(1)

Ecological Environments

94

(7)

A Framework for Specialization in School Social Work

101

(1)

Conclusion

102

(1)

For Study and Discussion

102

(1)

Additional Readings

103

(2)

References

105

(3)

PART THREE Educational Policy and School Social Work Practice

5 Student Rights and Control of Behavior

108

(37)

Sandra Kopels

Introduction

108

(1)

Sources of School Districts' Authority

109

(1)

The In Loco Parentis Doctrine

109

(1)

Common Law of the Schools

110

(1)

The Legal Authority of the State

111

(1)

Basic Constitutional Rights

111

(1)

Due Process

111

(1)

Other Constitutional Rights

112

(1)

Freedom of Speech and Expression

112

(1)

The Tinker Case

112

(1)

Freedom of Dress and Appearance

115

(1)

Freedom of Religion

116

(1)

Other Privacy Issues

119

(1)

The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974

119

(1)

Sharing Student Information

120

(1)

Reasonable Search and Seizure

122

(3)

Discipline in the Schools

125

(1)

Corporal Punishment

125

(1)

Suspensions and Expulsions

127

(1)

Discipline of Children with Disabilities

131

(1)

School Attendance

132

(1)

Compulsory Education

132

(1)

Attendance and Certain Groups of Children

134

(1)

Children Who are Homeless

134

(1)

Children with Disabilities

135

(1)

Children with Religious Objections to Public School Attendance

135

(1)

Children Who Do Not Attend School

136

(1)

Negative Consequences for Absent Children

138

(1)

Conclusion

139

(2)

For Study and Discussion

141

(1)

References

142

(3)

6 Violence in Schools

145

(37)

Ron Avi Astor, Roxana Marachi, Rami Benbenishty,

Introduction

145

(1)

Major Trends and Issues

145

(1)

The Myth of a Continual Rise in School Violence Rates

146

(7)

Types of Interventions

153

(1)

Characteristics of Ineffective Interventions

153

(1)

Cultural Considerations

156

(1)

Social Work Research Contributions to Cultural Understandings of School Violence

157

(1)

Common Types of Interventions that Schools and School Social Workers are Using

157

(1)

Program Interventions

159

(1)

Promising Prevention and Intervention Programs

159

(1)

Monitoring and Mapping as Methods and a Process

167

(7)

Conclusion

174

(1)

For Study and Discussion

174

(1)

Suggested Class Activities

175

(1)

Additional Readings

176

(1)

References

177

(5)

7 Children with Disabilities

182

(40)

Sally Atkins-Burnett

Introduction

182

(1)

Background and Early Influences

182

(5)

Landmark Legislation: The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 (P.L. 94-142)